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Antropotecniche: Body and Figure in Modena Group Show

exhibition · 2026-05-04

Metronom gallery in Modena presents 'Antropotecniche,' a group show curated by Marcella Mann featuring mid-career artists exploring body and figure through contemporary myth-making. The exhibition draws on Peter Sloterdijk's concept of anthropotechnics as self-creation. Kamilia Kard's 3D busts 'Woman as a Temple' rework historical Venuses to mock female beauty stereotypes. Simone Schiesari's portraits use technology to extract emotional potential from past artworks. Duo Christto&Andrew (Christto Sanz and Andrew Weir) create unsettling, flattened images like 'Existential Nightmare.' Elena Aya Bundurakis's 'Eating Magma' series evokes Man Ray with soft female forms alongside surreal lunar or submarine landscapes. Alix Desaubliaux's 'Greenboots' is a video game based on a 1996 Mount Everest climber's disappearance, offering multiple hopeful endings to a real tragedy. The show runs at Metronom in Modena.

Key facts

  • Exhibition titled 'Antropotecniche' at Metronom gallery, Modena
  • Curated by Marcella Mann
  • Features mid-career artists
  • Themes: body, figure, eternal myths
  • References Peter Sloterdijk's anthropotechnics
  • Kamilia Kard: 'Woman as a Temple' 3D busts
  • Simone Schiesari: portraits using technology
  • Christto&Andrew: 'Existential Nightmare'
  • Elena Aya Bundurakis: 'Eating Magma' series
  • Alix Desaubliaux: 'Greenboots' video game about 1996 Everest climber

Entities

Artists

  • Kamilia Kard
  • Simone Schiesari
  • Christto Sanz
  • Andrew Weir
  • Elena Aya Bundurakis
  • Alix Desaubliaux
  • Marcella Mann
  • Peter Sloterdijk
  • Man Ray

Institutions

  • Metronom
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Modena
  • Italy
  • Mount Everest

Sources